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Saudi king meets key Lebanese politician

Date: 2015-07-19 21:09:41 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:3009869

JEDDAH, July 19 (MENA) - Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz met with Lebanese Christian leader Samir Geagea on Sunday, the state news agency SPA reported. They discussed the latest developments in Lebanon. Geagea thanked the Saudi king for his ....

US-led coalition strikes Daesh camp in Kirkuk; 38 militants killed

Date: 2015-07-19 20:18:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:3009645

BAGHDAD, July 19 (MENA) - The US-led international coalition bombed a camp of Daesh in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, an Iraqi defense ministry spokesman told MENA on Sunday. He said the bombardment killed 38 Daesh militants. Scores of Daesh ....

Qatari FM arrives in Arbil

Date: 2015-07-19 18:56:24 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:3009289

ARBIL, Iraq, July 19 (MENA) - Qatari Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiyah arrived here on Sunday, the first visit to Iraq's Kurdistan region. Attiyah was welcomed by Kurdistan's Regional Interior Minister Karim Sinjari. Attiyah visited Baghdad ....

Two Libyan soldiers wounded in Derna blast

Date: 2015-07-19 18:44:33 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:3009421

TRIPOLI, July 19 (MENA) - Two Libyan soldiers were wounded in a blast in the city of Derna in eastern Libya, Libyan sources said Sunday. Libyan troops are fighting remnant fighters of Daesh in Derna and last week the terrorist group acknowledged ....

12 Houthi fighters killed in Taiz

Date: 2015-07-19 17:05:06 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:3009249

SANAA, July 19 (MENA) - At least 12 Houthi fighters were killed in clashes with pro-government forces in Yemen's city of Taiz, local sources said Sunday. The sources said the Popular Resistance managed to dislodge Houthi fighters from many areas ....

216 killed, injured in Houthi Indiscriminate shelling of Aden

Date: 2015-07-19 16:42:09 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:3008985

SANAA, July 19 (MENA) – At least 43 people were killed and 173 others injured when Houthi militants indiscriminately bombed residential areas in Dar Sad district in Aden city. The Houthi fighters targeted the district with Katyusha rockets and ....

14 Daesh militants killed in Iraq

Date: 2015-07-19 16:35:44 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:3008989

BAGHDAD, July 19 (MENA) - Iraqi forces killed on Sunday 14 Daesh militants in Saladin and Ninawa provinces in Iraq. Tribesmen targeted a Daesh-controlled checkpoint in al Shirqat district in Saladin, killing four terrorists and arresting ....

30 Daesh militants killed in Iraq

Date: 2015-07-19 16:21:11 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:3008981

BAGHDAD, July 19 (MENA) - Up to 30 Daesh militants were killed Sunday in Anbar and Fallujah provinces in Iraq. Of all, 14 Daesh fighters were killed after they launched an attack on security forces. Other 16 militants were killed in clashes ....

Daesh group executes person in Libya

Date: 2015-07-19 15:48:27 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:3008873

TRIPOLI, July 19 (MENA) - Daesh terrorist group killed on Sunday a person in Sirte city in Libya. The person, whose nationality is unknown, was executed by firing squad in public, the Libyan news agency reported without giving further details. ....

Muqtada al Sadr declares 3-day mourning for victims of Diyala bombing

Date: 2015-07-19 15:47:16 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:3008821

BAGHDAD, July 19 (MENA) - Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr announced on Sunday three days of national mourning after a car bomb killed over 100 people, including women and children, in the eastern province of Diyala. AL Sadr called on all Iraqis to ....